Tasmania plans offshore salmon farm trials
The federal government is taking public submissions on an aquaculture 'research trial' in a 50-hectare zone located off Burnie in Tasmania's northwest
Africa should avoid ‘exploitative’ EU fishing agreements, says academic
Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, a lecturer at the University of St Andrews, writes that unfair agreements create 'a huge food security challenge in places where fish are the only source of protein'
Maine records most valuable lobster landing year ever
Normally Maine's Department of Marine Resources withholds its catch data until March, so this week's release of 2021 lobster landings is a bit early
Big Prawn brings in sustainability manager from Hilton
The 10-year veteran of Hilton Food, and Seachill before the name change, has seemingly followed some Tesco supply contract in swapping Hilton for Big Prawn
Thai Union investing to ramp up production of plant-based seafoods
The company aims to take what would be a significant $30m revenue share of the market by 2025, building on existing sales throughout Asia, Europe and the US
Indonesian gov’t to tighten tuna harvest control, monitoring rules
Indonesia aims to develop a nationwide harvest strategy for its tropical tuna fishery in an effort to protect the country's stock and achieve a sustainability certification
John West launches £2m campaign to push health benefits of new tuna range
With an investment of over £2 million, Thai Union Group-owned John West has launched a new marketing campaign to promote its new tuna range
Strong snow crab biomass finding bodes well for TAC increase in big Canada fishery
The survey findings suggest a possible snow crab TAC increase of 35% in Canada's southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Arctic Fish loses up to 2,000t of salmon in Iceland die-off
'All efforts are being made to handle this efficiently, which include speeding up harvesting in these two sites in the coming weeks' -- Arctic Fish
Rope-grown mussels ‘the future’ of marine farming, says processor
In recent years Krijn Verwijs Yerseke, a Dutch processor of live bivalve shellfish, has been buying more rope-grown mussels that are suspended from the surface
